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Caribbean Rice

A couple of weeks ago we had our last cooking club of the year. Cooking club goes with the school schedule, so we take a break over the summer. This month the theme was Island food. Everything everyone brought was incredible, I can’t wait to try a couple of the recipes and share them with you.

I brought this Caribbean Rice, as well as a drink I will share with you soon. Now, I am not sure this rice is authentic in any way. It just has flavors I think of when I think of tropical islands. Coconut, pineapple, and lime all say tropical to me. This rice was a huge hit. It is sweet because of the coconut milk, but not overly sweet that you can’t have it for dinner. Unfortunately my family won’t go for fruit in their rice, so it will be awhile before I get to have this again.

This rice didn’t reheat the best. Admittedly I am not the best with leftovers, so it could have just been me. I would scale back a little if I was making it for less than 4 or 5 people. It is super easy to make though, so it works great for a weeknight meal. A nice little island escape in the middle of the week sounds perfect right now!

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Prep Time

5mins

Cook Time

20mins

Total Time

25mins

A quick rice side dish with coconut milk, lime, pineapple, and cilantro

Servings: 6

Ingredients

1can coconut milk

Water

1cuplong grain white rice

1/2cupdried pineapple, chopped

2tspbutter

1/2tsplime zest

1/4tspsalt

1/4cupcilantro, chopped

1lime, juiced

Instructions

Pour coconut milk into a measuring cup. Fill with water to equal 2 1/2 cups. In a saucepan bring liquid to a boil. Add rice, pineapple, butter, lime zest and salt. Stir to combine. Cover, reduce heat to low and let simmer for about 20 minutes or until the liquid is absorbed. Remove from heat, add cilantro and lime juice before serving.

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Erin, what a nice side dish to a summer dinner! The tropical flavors, the coconut milk.. this dish screams vacation, beach, and SUMMER! And fruit in rice sounds amazing too me. More for you if your family wasn’t a fan! 🙂

That sounds like a delicious breakfast to me! I have made some coconut rice before (and now I am wondering why I haven’t done it more), but the pineapple is new to me! This does look wonderful. Can’t wait for the drink.

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